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This is a good, short, solid overview of what you can do with modems. Newcomers to the online world will likely need not only some help with installation, the first few calls, tuning, and troubleshooting, but with an introduction to all aspects of microcomputer communications. An overview of modems does a good job of explaining protocol concepts with real world analogies. A chapter on buying a modem is quite brief, but realistic, as is the advice on software. Chapter five, on setting up your modem, is short and practical. Chapter six, on software installation, should be considerably expanded in order to assist first-time users. The concepts have been explained, in chapter two, but the specifics of how that works out are lacking. ... Rest of this review on the detail page
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In this book, as in the companion "PCS and Digital Cellular Technologies" (see reviews), Dayem does not specify an audience. It is, however, quite clear from the material that both books are introductory rather than reference works, and aimed primarily at the non-technical, or at least non-specialist, audience. As with the PCS book, Dayem's technical level is quite uneven; sometimes getting bogged down in too much detail, and other times not providing enough. Of the two, though, this current work comes off the worse in regard to consistency. This may be because the LAN field requires more technical specifics, and a more thorough set of explanations. The section on media access control (MAC) is funda... Rest of this review on the detail page
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Other than being terse, the UNIX mail command is not very UNIX-like. It combines a large number of functions into one program and, while it is possible to shell out between operations, the ability to perform specific tasks relies upon lengthy command line switch sequences, rather than being the default. MH is much more akin to the UNIX culture, with a variety of logical commands for specific operations which can be combined, as necessary, into shell script or programming routines. Thus, it would be understandable to see MH as, primarily, a programmer's toolkit. With the explosion in UNIX-based Internet providers, the MH commands would provide quick tie-ins to BBS front-end menus, or even such ambitious tasks as a fully tutorial, but ... Rest of this review on the detail page
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Packed with over 1400 entries and over 3000 links, this is the ONLY interactive encyclopedia for the networking and telecommunications industry. Updated to include coverage of all the latest technologies including Cisco, Microsoft, Nortel Networks, 3COM, and more.
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This book is *not* a training manual, Internet or otherwise. In the broad spectrum of technical literature, it falls most closely under the category of short Internet guides, of which the better examples are Brendan Kehoe's "Zen and the Art of the Internet" (see reviews), and the second edition of Tracy LaQuey's "The Internet Companion" (see reviews). The text is not specifically a "business on the Internet" book, either. It does, though, definitely feel as if it were written by someone for whom business, and particularly marketing, is key, and any other consideration runs a very distant second. Part one is the general overview, with the usual pep talk, history, ba... Rest of this review on the detail page
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